Confirmed Trade: [BUF/VGK] Jack Eichel, c.'23 3rd for Alex Tuch, Peyton Krebs, c.'22 1st (Top10 protected), c.'23 2nd

[SoundAndFury]

Must be terrifying playing in Vegas. Doesn’t matter how well you play, you could be shipped out tomorrow for the shiny new toy.

You make it sound like they are making trades just for the sake of it. Their "shiny new toys" are basically their core.

 

[Team Cozens]

As a Sabres fan pretty happy with the return.

Absolutely, it feels like we have wanted Krebs, Tuch and 1st since at least May/June.

 

[LeHab]

Glad this saga is over. Good luck to all parties involved.

 

[Kalv]

Lol about the return, going back to summer and the Buffalo demands

To me it always made sense that the trade will be with some bubble contender, not with a team on the rise – teams like Vegas will be willing to risk the most for a trade like this.

Anyway, very happy that Eichel will get to a better team and do the surgery he wants. Happy to see him more, not happy to see him scoring on us much more times throughout the year

 

[Skinnyjimmy08]

Hopefully Krebs and Cozens can be the guys Buffalo hopes they will be

 

[The don godfather]

Matthew wasn't gonna be ever traded to buffalo. Weeks has scotch and eggs for breakfast in the morning. That was just hogwash and we all know it.

 

[NikoEhlers]

Should just have gotten the surgery, but okay. Golden Knights look pretty bad to start the season, so maybe the pick is top 15

 

[Kranix]

Lmao

 

[joepeps]

If the rumored calgary trade was really offered, this is a terrible deal to take. Even if they flipped matty... hell you could have flipped him for marner lol

 

[Dubi Doo]

That's it? After 18 months of insane requests by Buffalo fans... this is what Eichel gets traded for? What we all pretty much expected? Something decent and unspectacular?

Are you surprised by the fact fans on an internet forum over value their players? Happens all the time. Then fans of other teams come through on the day the trade happens saying 'can you believe *insert team's* fans thought they'd get more?'. It's like clock work on this site, man, haha. It's why I paid hardly any attention to those threads.

Krebs and Tuch are really interesting pieces, though. Could help build a different culture in Buffalo.

 

[PatLaFontaineASMR]

Absolutely, it feels like we have wanted Krebs, Tuch and 1st since at least May/June.

Yea Krebs was my favorite prospect out of anyone people mentioned. So happy we got him.

 

[N.Y. Orangeman]

Three first round picks and a 2nd. Very happy

 

[MarkovsKnee]

Big win for Vegas. Decent haul for Buffalo. Krebs is a nice pickup, but he's never going to be Eichel. Tuch is seriously injury prone, but when he plays is a force.

We'll see how the 1st goes. Probably be a late one. 2nd is a decent add too. More picks in top 100.

It's less than I expected, but Buffalo got their 1st, a grade A prospect, and a strong top 6 player in Tuch, and the Eichel drama is done.

Vegas get a franchise center, albeit with known neck issues. We'll see how things work out there. No conditions on the trade.

 

[Nocashstyle]

I love that VGK is always trying to compete and be a top team. This team will be a higher end team forever.

So cool to see such a new team always looking to get better and better

So many teams sit around and do nothing and are always mediocre

I can't believe they just acquire Eichel... my god

The absolutely will not. They better hope they capitalize on their window as contenders, because they’re going to be in for some dark years eventually the way they ship out first rounders/high end prospects like a bad habit.

 

[inthe6ix]

I thought that his surgery will keep him away from action for a full year. If so, Vegas have plenty of time to make moves.

ADR surgery recovery is supposedly 3 months

 

[SensFactor]

Pretty fair trade IMO. Tuch is a good add and could play later this year. Krebs hasn't done much yet in the NHL. Plus a 1st in a decent draft this year and a 3rd next year.

For Vegas they get 4 years of Eichel once he comes back from his surgery and will definitely push for a cup if Eichel returns to his usual form

 

[Team Cozens]

Remember when Buffalo fans wanted
Zegras + comtois + 1st(3rd overall) + dostal/lacombe/thrun


Idk tuch late 1st krebs and a swap of 3rds seems pretty meh

Krebs is not far off Zegras as prospects
Tuch is better than Comtois
We got our 1st plus.

Very close TBH. We got what we wanted.

 

[Tob]

 

[joepeps]

Its a top 10 protected pick

 

[Dubi Doo]

"We're NOT trading a superstar player for some magic beans!!" - Sabres fans 2021 off season

"Krebs could be a top line potential player and an unprotected 1st could be HUGE!" - Sabres fans coping

Feel the hate flow through your veins. You invested a lot of time in this, didn't you? Rent free.

 

[serp]

See Vegas knows they could very well really suck because of injuries this year. If it was unprotected i think this pick had serious potential for the Sabres but alas its not

 

[Gardner McKay]

Are you surprised by the fact fans on an internet forum over value their players? Happens all the time. Then fans of other teams come through on the day the trade happens saying 'can you believe *insert team's* fans thought they'd get more?'. It's like clock work on this site, man, haha. It's why I paid hardly any attention to those threads.

Krebs and Tuch are really interesting pieces, though. Could help build a different culture in Buffalo.

Not surprised in the least. But as much as I was SURE the return wouldn't be anywhere near what was speculated (which was correct), I also thought they could do a bit better than this...

 

[Jim Bob]

What does being from Syracuse have to do with it? Just because somebody is from somewhere doesn’t mean they want to go back. Especially from a great place to work to a place that’s been a total train wreck.

Tuch spends a lot of time in Buffalo in the off season.

Like Eichel skating at the Bruins practice rink, Tuch has been skating with guys at the Sabres practice rink during the off season.

So, while going from a contender to a team that is rebuilding again likely isn't going to put a smile on his face, the move to Buffalo itself likely isn't as upsetting to Tuch as it would be to most guys like the league.

 

[GM Armchair]

The 1st round pick is protected. Deal just keeps getting worse.

 

[Skinnyjimmy08]

The absolutely will not. They better hope they capitalize on their window as contenders, because they’re going to be in for some dark years eventually the way they ship out first rounders/high end prospects like a bad habit.

They will be fine. They will always be contending

Id be estatic to be a VGK fan. Doing their best to put the best product they can on the ice every year